Story+2000-04-22+Raleigh,+NC

´´(sings ‘Take Me to the River’) That´s right....that’s where I wanna go....I wanna go to that river tonight.....I wanna go to that river of life....and that river of love....that river of faith.... that river of hope.....I wanna find that river of transformation where you can go and you can be changed....I wanna find that river of resurrection where everybody gets a second chance ....I wanna go to that river of sexual healing....and companionship....that river of joy....the river of happiness....that´s where I wanna go tonight....and I want you to go with me ....I need you to go with me because you can´t get there by yourself....I can´t get there by myself ....I´ve tried....you can´t make it to that river on your own.....that´s why tonight I wanna throw us a rock and roll exorcism....a rock and roll baptism....come on out, Mr.Devil, I wanna rumble with you !....but once.....I stood, as a young man, one evening before a dark grove of trees and just like a little child who´s afraid of the dark, I was frightened to pass through those trees to the other side even though I knew that....the river of life was waiting.... along with cold beer at a reasonable price....but I couldn´t get there, I was paralyzed by my own fear and insecurities....and then a gypsy woman called me forward and she said ´Son, what you need is you need some help....you need some help, somebody to stand alongside you, what´s your line ? what is it ? what ? what you need then, Son, is you need a band.... you need a band ! ´....that´s why I´m proud to introduce tonight the dean of the university of musical perversity, Secretary of intelligence, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....(source tape is missing Steve´s, Garry´s, Max´s and Nils´ introductions)....the Minister of mystery and all things unfathomable on E Street, on the Hammond B-3 organ and accordion, Brother Dan Federici....and I´ve got send one out to my baby tonight (blows a kiss)....and last but not least.....last but not least....I´m talking about the Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood....and if we lived in a righteous nation, the next president of the United States ....do I have to say his name ?....do I have to say his name ?...say who ?....say who ? ....say who ? ....say who ?....say who ? ....say who ? ....say who ?....say who ?....say who ? ....say who ?....”
 * 22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´**

´´Thank you....we´ve also got some folks with us tonight, they´ll be out in the hall, they´re the People of Faith Against the Death Penalty....they´ll be out in the hall tonight and they´re, uh ....collecting signatures on a petition for a moratorium on the death penalty and uh.... whatever your feelings are on this issue, they´ll be there to provide information on the death penalty or to give you an opportunity to add your name to the petition and let your voice be heard, this is for the People of Faith Against the Death Penalty....”
 * 22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, intro to ´Dead Man Walkin´´**

´´Raleigh !....Raleigh !...but everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve seen people lost in confusion.... I´ve seen people lost in bitterness....I´ve seen people lost in the wilderness....I´ve seen people lost in loneliness but I´m here tonight on a search-and-rescue mission, I´m coming to get you, if you´ve been downhearted, disspirited, disgusted, dispossessed, downsized, stigmatised, fractionalised, factionalised, retropsychedelicized....discombobolized....Republicanised.... I´m here tonight to re-educate you, to resuscitate you, to regenerate you, to reconfiscate you, to reliberate you, to, to, to, to, to resexualate you....to reliberate you with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with the majesty, with the mystery....with the ministry of rock and roll !....with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with the majesty, with the mystery, with the ministry of rock and roll !....now, unlike my competitors, I shall not, I will not, I cannot promise you life everlasting....but I can promise you life..... right now !...and all you gotta do is raise your hand and say ‘I’.....”
 * 22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, middle of ´Light of Day´**

´´Come on, Cus´....my cousin Frankie from North Carolina....gonna play one with us....”
 * 22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, intro to ´Hungry Heart´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//